Best Aquarium Drunkard Podcasts (2024)

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Transmissions :: Joe Boyd

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This week on Transmissions, we're sitting down with a genuine legend: Joe Boyd, author of And The Roots of Rhythm Remain: A Journey Through Global Music, out September 24 from ZE Books. On the front cover of the book Brian Eno—a venerated saint in the Aquarium Drunkard canon—declares, “I doubt I’ll ever read a better account of the history and soci…

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“Shohei Ohtani: 50-50 Ichiban” 19:18

1h ago19:18

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Shohei Ohtani makes history by creating the 50-50 club: hitting 50 homeruns, and stealing 50 bases, in a single season. The most exclusive club of all time. A club of one. Ichiban.

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DBD DAILY: September 19, 2024 5:18

6h ago5:18

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Recapping the Dodgers 8-4 win against the Marlins in Miami, and a solid start from rookie right-hander, Landon Knack.

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DBD DAILY: September 18, 2024 5:00

3h ago5:00

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Re-capping the Dodgers 11-9 loss against the Marlins in Miami.

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Transmissions :: Joe Boyd 1:16:08

3h ago1:16:08

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This week on Transmissions, we're sitting down with a genuine legend: Joe Boyd, author of And The Roots of Rhythm Remain: A Journey Through Global Music, out September 24 from ZE Books. On the front cover of the book Brian Eno—a venerated saint in the Aquarium Drunkard canon—declares: “I doubt I’ll ever read a better account of the history and soci…

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DBD DAILY: September 17, 2024 5:42

1h ago5:42

5:42

Re-capping the Dodgers 9-0 win over the Braves in Atlanta.

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"Yo Yo Yamamoto!" 24:38

1h ago24:38

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Yoshinobu Yamamoto was supposed to be the Dodgers golden boy in 2024. But he missed most of the season with a rotator cuff injury. His return comes at a time of uncertainty for the Dodgers starting rotation, in the middle of the fight for the NL West title, with October just around the corner.

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Transmissions :: Amelia Courthouse 1:04:16

7d ago1:04:16

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This week on Transmissions, the return of Leah Toth, aka Amelia Courthouse. She was last here on the podcast in its earlier, more feral incarnation—and by feral we mean "updated with elss regularity"—but back in 2018 she reviewed Shinya Fukumori Trio’s incredible ECM release For 2 Akis. We've wanted to have Leah back on ever since, and this now we'…

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"Teo Time" 17:49

4d ago17:49

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A portrait of Teoscar Hernandez — the Dodgers' big-smilin', hard-hittin', sunflower seed-tossin' leftfielder. (He's clutch.)

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Transmissions :: Six Organs of Admittance (2024) 1:34:30

9d ago1:34:30

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From early mystic folk inclinations to more fried and psychedelic work, Ben Chasny's Six Organs of Admittance project has never settled into an easy, definable zone. But 2024 sees the Six Organs sonic universe expanding kaleidoscopically, even by Chasny's prodigious standards. First was Time Is Glass, an album that documented his return to Humboldt…

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"Kershaw's Complication" 16:57

15d ago16:57

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On Friday night in Arizona, after giving up a homerun to Corbin Carroll, Clayton Kershaw unceremoniously walked off the mound, into the dugout, and disappeared into the darkened tunnel to the visiting clubhouse. And I remember thinking, "I might have just watched Clayton Kershaw throw the last pitch of his Hall of Fame career."…

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Transmissions :: Rich Ruth 1:10:21

16d ago1:10:21

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Welcome back to Transmissions, our weekly conversational offering. On today's show? Nashville’s own Rich Ruth. Opening his review of Ruth’s latest, the Third Man Records LP Water Still Flows, Aquarium Drunkard’s Brent Sirota states: “We don’t even have a name for what has been going on in instrumental music lately. There’s plainly some kind of new …

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"40-40 Vision" 13:43

26d ago13:43

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Shohei Ohtani becomes the first Dodger (and sixth player ever) to hit 40 homeruns and steal 40 bases in a single season. And he got there in the most-dramatic way imaginable, at Dodger Stadium this weekend.

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"Back To The Max" 16:18

28d ago16:18

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A portrait of Max Muncy — one of the funkiest, fieriest Dodgers of all — as he returns from the injured list. And not a moment too soon. Plus, tacos with chef Wesley Avila.

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Transmissions :: Starflyer 59 1:07:07

23d ago1:07:07

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This week, we have an exceedingly rare interview with Jason Martin, of California dream pop band Starflyer 59. Fermented in the nascent Riverside dream pop underground alongside his brother Ronnie Martin of Joy Electric in the early '90s, Martin's band SF59 released its debut album, Silver, 30 years ago in 1994 on the fledgling Tooth & Nail label. …

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"This Is (Almost) 40-40" 12:41

1M ago12:41

12:41

Shohei Ohtani is on the precipice of making history, by becoming the sixth player in Major League history to hit 40 homeruns and steal 40 bases in a single season.

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"Mookie Is Spookied" 15:43

1M ago15:43

15:43

Mookie Betts — the dapper and diminutive darling of the 2024 Dodgers — returns! After almost two months away with a broken hand. But why isn’t Mookie bedding down with his teammates on their road trip? Turns out this superstar spurns the supernatural. And we play musical positions with Mr. Mook, with analysis on why Number 50 is heading back to Rig…

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Transmissions :: Yasmin Williams 1:06:21

1M ago1:06:21

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This week on Transmissions, return guest Yasmin Williams. On October 4th, she releases Acadia via Nonesuch Records. It's her long awaited follow up to 2021's Urban Driftwood, and like that record, it's beautiful—a showcase for a one-of-a-kind artist. And while the focus remains Williams' fluid and lyrical guitarwork, she's joined by a roster of rin…

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"First Place Problems" 20:30

1M ago20:30

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The dog days of August are here. As we take stock of where this billion-dollar Dodgers team is at, we find we've got... first-place problems. With chef, lifelong Dodger fan, and friend Wesley Avila, and Fabain Ardaya of The Athletic.

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"Freddie's Return" 10:02

1M ago10:02

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At Dodger stadium on Monday, we saw an ovation to remember for the Dodgers' firstbaseman, Freddie Freeman, as he returned from caring for his 3-year-old son Maximus, who had been stricken with a rare illness 10 days earlier.

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Transmissions :: La Lom 50:28

1M ago50:28

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Sometimes, background music moves to the foreground. That’s the case with today’s guests, guitarist Zac Sokolow, bassist Jake Faulkner, and drummer Nicholas Baker. Together, they form LA LOM, short for the Los Angeles League of Musicians. In 2019, they were hired to bring suitably vibey music to the lobby of the historic Roosevelt Hotel on Hollywoo…

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Transmissions :: The Lemon Twigs 53:48

2M ago53:48

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Welcome back to Aquarium Drunkard Transmissions, our weekly conversation podcast. This week on the show, we’re joined by Brian and Michael D’Addario, AKA, The Lemon Digs. Their latest slice of toothsome guitar pop is called A Dream Is All We Know. Writing about it in our mid-year favorite albums of 2024 (so far) list, we noted: “A dash of Badfinger…

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"River & The Rookies" 14:19

2M ago14:19

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This week is an inflection point in the Dodgers 2024 season — especially for our starting pitching — in a year where we have seen many rookies take the mound.

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Transmissions :: Daniel Bachman 1:17:22

2M ago1:17:22

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This week on a far-ranging episode of Transmissions: guitarist, folklorist, and all-around-top-notch thinker Daniel Bachman. A songwriter and composer from Fredericksburg, Virginia, Bachman first began releasing records under the name Sacred Harp, before adopting his own name for a series of finger-picked classics like 2012's Seven Pines and 2015’s…

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"The Five Faces of Freddie Freeman" 28:42

2M ago28:42

28:42

A long-distance podcast portrait of the fabulous and famously friendly firstbaseman, Freddie Freeman. In 5 parts.

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Transmissions :: Chris Cohen 1:39:34

2M ago1:39:34

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Welcome back to Aquarium Drunkard Transmissions. This week on the program, we are pleased to welcome guest host Zara Hedderman and singer/songwriter Chris Cohen to the show to a generous, expansive, and genuine conversation. Cohen’s new record is called Paint a Room. His fourth solo album—perhaps you know his work with Deerhoof, The Curtains, Crypt…

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Transmissions :: Mark Lightcap (Acetone/Dick Slessig Combo) 1:09:52

2M ago1:09:52

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This week, we welcome one of our favorite musicians to the show: Mark Lightcap of Acetone and the Dick Slessig Combo. Back in 2017, author Sam Sweet released a great book about Acetone called Hadley Lee Lightcap, accompanied by a stellar Light in the Attic anthology compilation,1992-2001. Writing about it, Transmissions host Jason P. Woodbury said:…

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"Shohei's Breath" 16:58

3M ago16:58

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A listener submits a question — "Is Shohei Ohtani holding his breath when he swings?" — and we answer.

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Transmissions :: The Dirty Three 1:09:56

3M ago1:09:56

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There are heavy hitters, and then there's The Dirty Three. A trio comprising violinist Warren Ellis, guitarist Mick Turner, and drummer Jim White, these Australian independent rock legends recently returned with their first album in 12 year, the aptly titled Love Changes Everything. Though they are perhaps best known for their work with artists lik…

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"Shohei At The Bat" 26:08

3M ago26:08

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Shohei Ohtani is the first player to both pitch and hit simultaneously at the Major League level since Babe Ruth. But this year, Shohei is not pitching. What is Shohei capable of when he puts down the ball and the mitt, and focuses instead on the stick?

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Transmissions :: Joe Pernice 1:06:54

3M ago1:06:54

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Welcome back to Aquarium Drunkard Transmissions. This week on the show, Joe Pernice of The Pernice Brothers, Scud Mountain Boys, and Chappaquiddick Skyline—as well as books, records, and other projects under his own name. Since the early 2000s, Transmissions host Jason P. Woodbury have placed Joe on their personal Mount Rushmore of criminally under…

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Transmissions :: Phil Manzanera (Roxy Music) 1:07:11

3M ago1:07:11

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This week on Transmissions, guitarist Phil Manzanera, who joins us to discuss his latest project, a memoir called Revolución to Roxy. Writing about his childhood in revolutionary Cuba, his lifelong fascination with music, and his collaborations and run-ins with people like Brian Eno, David Gilmour, Robert Wyatt, and more, Manzera reveals his Zelig-…

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"Mookie's Hand" 17:27

3M ago17:27

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On Father's Day at Dodger Stadium, the baseball gods appeared out of a cloudless Los Angeles sky, and struck down one of our best player with a ruthless blow. A companion piece to our previous episode, "Mookie's Best."

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Transmissions :: Jeff Tweedy of Wilco 54:57

3M ago54:57

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Near the start of his recently released book World Within a Song, Jeff Tweedy admits there’s probably some parallel timeline where this one is his first, not third, book. It is, after all, dedicated to a subject he’s “thought about the most by far: other people’s songs.” Through a series of comical stories and humble reflections, the Wilco leader p…

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"Mookie's Best" 43:27

3M ago43:27

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In his quest to become "a legend in the game," Mookie Betts, the Dodgers dapper and diminuitive leadoff man, attempts the impossible: playing shortstop at the professional level for the first time, at the age of 31.

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